Fairhaven fish kill

[Rockport24]

wow that's nuts! good for chum I guess.

also, I couldn't resist this quote
"said Eric Borgeson, a father of four who's been vacation there his entire life."

he's been on vacation there is entire life? Sounds like a good life to me!

[Saltheart]

I saw this happen in I believe Clinton, CT. There was so little oxygen the crabs were climbing the pilings and onto shore to breath. Of course the fish don't have that luxury.

They say sometimes its just too many fish but sometimes its because of a combination of too many fish and something happening to reduce the oxygen level. One culprit I believe is if a heavy rain washed fertilizer or soap or some organic mold or whatever into the water. Sometimes the fertilizer results in a big algae bloom and the algae suck up the oxygen. I believe the term is COD or BOD (Chemical or Biological Oxygen Demand). It goes very high and the fish suffocate.

[Raider Ronnie]

Saw this happen up in Booth Bay Harbor a bunch of years ago.
Pogies floating everywhere.
The whole harbor stunk of dead pogies !

[Plum Crazy]

Just saw that on TV. Lack of oxygen so they say. I hope they do something with all of those pogies, there sure was a lot of them.
I'm gonna blame the seals, they wreck everything.

[Raven]

all those sweaty clothes getting cleaned with concentrated soap
. the loads would only require a half cup but they are adding 1 1/2 cups per load.

[Finaddict]

It was a regular summer occurrence in Western Long Island Sound in the 70s and 80s ... the blues would pack the pogies/bunker into the back of the harbors ... Greenwich Harbor had it all the time so did some of the others further west.

You could smell them while driving past on the highway, it typically took a few days to get the tide to clear the harbor of dead pogies. Boy were they pungent.

Had to love it.

[Tagger]

saw resident lady on the news .. "We own this beach" .... sickning ..